Former Salisbury Plain MP sacked as head of climate change event

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Helen Down at 12:20pm 1st February 2020.
(Updated at 12:22pm 1st February 2020)

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Claire Perry O'Neil is no longer the UK COP26 President.

The government has removed the former Salisbury Plain MP from the post of President of the UN climate summit in Glasgow.

The event known as COP 26 is due to be staged in the scottish city in November 2020.

Claire Perry O'Neil was the MP for the Devizes constitiency, covering Salisbury Plain, Tidworth and Ludgershall.

She stepped down a member of parliament ahead of the last general election in December 2019.

Very sad that that the role I was offered by @BorisJohnson last year has now been rescinded as Whitehall “can’t cope” with an Indy cop unit. A shame we haven’t had one Climate cabinet meeting since we formed. Wishing the cop team every blessing in the climate recovery emergency.